Barbara Bald is a retired teacher, educational consultant and freelance writer. Her poems have been published in a variety of anthologies: The Other Side of Sorrow, The Poets’ Guide to New Hampshire,For Loving Precious Beast, Piscataqua Poems, Of Sun and Sand, The Widows’ Handbook and In Gilded Frame Anthology. They have appeared in The Northern New England Review, Avocet, Off the Coast and in The Poets’ Touchstone. Her work has been recognized in both national and local contests. Her recent full-length book is called Drive-Through Window and her new chapbook is entitled Running on Empty. Barb lives in Alton, NH with her cat Catcher, two Siamese Fighting fish and a tank of Hissing Cockroaches.

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I can still see you sitting in the front row, second seat from the window in Room D1. And I still periodically read aging SHARDS, with momentoes like CAR EIGHTEEN, STRTEET SCENE (cinquain), and STAY (cinquain), a poem that Jerry Rich and I discussed at great length about whether life is cruel or death is cruel (should we have her change the concept, etc.?) I’m proud to look back and see somebody who stuck to her ideals, especially after reading something like THE GOLDFINCH, a trip into the demimonde of this generation.